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Houston's Kelvin Sampson was named the AP Coach of the Year.

auror said:
The AP voted on this before the tournament. At that point, it was a fair tossup. Both teams lost a lot from very good teams and then won their leagues and got 1 seeds.

Houston/Sampson got the edge for changing to a tougher league and having one of their recently graduated players die in the offseason and having to deal with that.

CBS voted more recently and gave it to Hurley, making the tiebreak getting to the final four.
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Just looking to confirm this fact:

These were the same 62 voters who after conference tournament results and before the NCAA Tournament also voted UConn unanimously as #1in their poll, right?
Tenspro2002 said:
(Actually, Geno did it between 2002 and 2003 while losing 4 top-6 WNBA draft picks and returning Diana Taurasi and a bunch of role players.)

That said, this is absurd. When the season is over, nobody is going to remember Sampson and Houston. This is the Jimmer Fredette thing all over again.
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I suppose we can take solace knowing that Geno will win the WBB CotY award for guiding his team to an undefeated conference record and a Top 10 ranking prior to the NCAA Tournament in spite of losing its top recruit and its previous season's best-performing freshman for the entire season prior to the beginning of this season; 3 previously high contributing players to season-ending injuries that occurred within the season; and an additional player once the number of scholarship players had shrunken to 8.

3 veterans included one who hadn't played in 700 days prior this season; another who suffered a broken nose during the final week of the regular season; and one who battled injury in her freshman year (and I think another, but I can't keep track). Those 3 were complemented by 4 first-year players.

Oh wait, Geno isn't even one of the 4 Finalists from which the winner will be announced during the Final 4 (maybe today?). UConn will be playing in the later-starting demi-final game tonight. Hmm.
 
Didnt Sampson have multiple infractions at multiple schools and was banned from coaching?
 
superjohn said:
Of course but we're always getting screwed out of awards. This, Calhoun only winning 1 COY, Jameer Nelson over Okafor, Jimmer and friggin' Ben Hansborough over Kemba, Devin Carter over Tristen.

Basically anything that's voted on we get screwed, when things are decided between the lines we win.
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Because people hate us.

I wouldnt want to have it any other way.

We dont need their validation. We know what's up. We just count trophies.
 
Danny should have got it. But Kelvin and Painter were the only others choices that wouldn’t leave meupset.
 
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UConnRock said:
I don't mind the votes for Sampson, but the fact that 18 voters saw somebody other than Hurley or Sampson as the best coach this season is reprehensible.
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Where was Matt Painter of Purdue? I guess when these votes were taken matter. Danny Sprinkle took a tinkle in their 2nd round match against Purdue. That was a spineless horse shiiiit performance by Utah State. Defeating Purdue anywhere, especially in Indianapolis is a tough task. But losing by 40 points is inexcusable. You have to wonder if Sprinkle's attention was elsewhere as he was interviewing for open jobs instead of on his Utah State team.
 
August_West said:
Because people hate us.

I wouldnt want to have it any other way.

We dont need their validation. We know what's up. We just count trophies.
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#don'tblamedeepster



Just walked into Target, and the song that's playing?
August.
Duh.

(I don't even know why I came in here)
 
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We don't get COY awards. We don't get POY awards. We don't get MCD AA's. What do we get? NC's.

Anyone pissed about that?

Jameer over Emeka? NC

Jimmer over Kemba? NC

Kelvin over Danny? We shall see.......

All the pissing and moaning about the polls all year ain't gonna mean doodoo come Monday night when we are cutting down the nets again......Can't believe you all aren't hip to this by now.
 
I mean at worst Sampson was top 3. It’s not like they went Scheyer or something. It always strikes me as odd that he wears his Q-zips all the way zipped. Is that the new popped collar?
 
The same people saying essentially these two, contradictory things.

"The NCAA screwed us by putting Iowa State in our bracket. They should be a 1 seed!"

"Sampson shouldn't be COY! The B12 was overrated and he got killed by an Iowa State team that beat nobody!"​

To be clear, I think Hurley should have won. But Sampson is a great coach and they overcame a lot this year.
 
Hurley is revolutionizing the way offense is played in college basketball, won the big east, won the big east tournament and is in the final four.

See how many teams try to copy what we've done the last two years. That'll tell you everything.
 
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uconngb said:
We don't get COY awards. We don't get POY awards. We don't get MCD AA's. What do we get? NC's.

Anyone pissed about that?

Jameer over Emeka? NC

Jimmer over Kemba? NC

Kelvin over Danny? We shall see.......

All the pissing and moaning about the polls all year ain't gonna mean doodoo come Monday night when we are cutting down the nets again......Can't believe you all aren't hip to this by now.
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Jimmer over Kemba lol boy that one didn’t play well.
 
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tzznandrew said:
The same people saying essentially these two, contradictory things.

"The NCAA screwed us by putting Iowa State in our bracket. They should be a 1 seed!"​
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"Sampson shouldn't be COY! The B12 was overrated and he got killed by an Iowa State team that beat nobody!"​
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The point is that they believe Iowa State is a great team and they put them in the same bracket as the #1 overall seed. The committee put 3 top 10 teams in same bracket as UConn. They are - in fact - trying to screw UConn.

Just because UConn cannot be screwed by the committee doesn't mean they weren't trying.

Not voting Dan Hurley as the coach of the year also isn't going to make a difference tomorrow night. It doesn't mean that there isn't some kind of media agenda against UConn or Dan Hurley.

Personally I don't care about Coach of the Year. I just find it laughable. I know that Hurley is the best coach in college basketball.
 
David54 said:
Jimmer over Kemba lol boy that one didn’t play well.
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I wouldn't change that for anything. I will always maintain the thought that this made Kemba even more hyper-motivated and made him go bionic in the BET and the NCAAT resulting in a championship.

Hopefully the COY snubs and any other snubs have the same effect and result in UConn winning it all this year.
 
navery12 said:
He did, but what he did is legal and standard practice now so it's a bit misleading
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Yeah but you could say that now about pretty much every coach who got caught up in the past. They can do whatever they want now.

Sampson's problem was he got caught and was severely punished for it then he turned around and did the exact same thing at his new job.
 
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ec33 said:
Personally I don't care about Coach of the Year. I just find it laughable. I know that Hurley is the best coach in college basketball.
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I thought everyone knew that. That's certainly what I hear when I talk to other fans and listen to everyone who gets paid to cover the sport.
 
All we want are Titles!!This other stuff is just frosting.
 
jostar1 said:
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I guess you couldn't ask for a better reverse mojo than denying the best coach in college basketball his just due.

When he lifts the trophy, this is what happens when you ...
 
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David54 said:
Jimmer over Kemba lol boy that one didn’t play well.
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That same year Ben Hansbrough won Big East Player of the Year over Kemba. That was probably worse than losing National Player of the Year to Jimmer. Kemba made those voters look like chumps when he ran off 11 in a row.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
#disrepsect

Sampson's a hell of a coach. Would have liked to see Hurley win it but Sampson is certainly worthy.
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I dont think youll find anyone here that would claim Sampson is unworthy there was just someone more worthy but we all know whats going on.
 
NCAA sucks ass. I'm watching women play. Holy hell those refs suck worse than big east refs. It's a joke.
 
Sampson deserves it but Dan Hurley can achieve the goal he set - back to back. I would take the NC and K Sampson would rather have that also. Two very very good coaches.
 
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